Cadbury Crunchie Large Egg - 233g

In Britain, Easter eggs are a season of their own. The big Cadbury boxes take over the shops for weeks, and every family has its own argument about which one is the best. Crunchie has always had a fiercely loyal camp.

Here in Canada, people come looking for it because it is the egg they grew up with, the one that meant Easter had properly arrived. Some want it for themselves. Plenty want their kids to have the same Sunday morning they had, crumbs and all.

It is a large boxed egg, a proper size for sharing, or for pretending you meant to share. Keep it somewhere cool and dry, out of the sun, and it will sit happily in the cupboard until the day. Most households crack the shell on Sunday and ration the pieces through the week, with varying success.

People often pick up a few Crunchie bars alongside it, or another Cadbury egg so nobody fights over this one. It also makes a good parcel for anyone who misses a British Easter.